Question

RESEARCH STUDY 5.1: Dr. Rodriquez is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer romantic relationships than those who are not narcissistic. One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not. She decides to use the scale created by a colleague, the Donal scale. Question 1 reads, "I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads, "I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads, "I think other people think I am really special."
Dr) Rodriquez is concerned about the validity of the measure of narcissism recommended by her colleague. She sends a copy of the measure to the faculty members in her psychology department to look at, and they all tell her it looks like it will measure narcissism. She now has evidence of which of the following?

A)Content validity
B)Face validity
C)Discriminant validity
D)Concurrent validity

Answer 1

Answer:

She now has evidence of B) Face validity.

Explanation:

Face validity refers to an assessment of whether or not a test measures what it is supposed to measure. Face validity is, in a way, a quite weak form of validity. It is the most superficial type, in which you basically analyze what the test "looks like". Does it look like it measures what I want it to measure? Yes. Then it has face validity. Notice that Dr. Rodriquez's colleagues said that "it looks like it will measure narcissism."